to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray
finishing blow; coup de grâce
young person; youth; young
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
fire fighting; extinguishing a fire
to look upwards; to look up
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
in good health; alive and well; going strong
directly opposite; right in front
to play a leading role; to play a central part
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
force (bulldoze) one's way through
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
namely; that is (to say); in other words
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
trembling with excitement
to become settled; to be fixed
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
wherein; therein; thereinto
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
to sentence; to assign a penalty
big talk; boasting; bragging